Microsoft Certification Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Certification
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 172 194
Rank change year-on-year -26 +22 -12
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 134 125 169
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.81% 1.44% 1.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.90% 3.53% 3.72%
Number of salaries quoted 120 92 111
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £27,875 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £45,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +18.42% -14.92%
75th Percentile £58,750 £56,563 £48,125
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,450 £61,250
England median annual salary £44,543 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -1.02% - -10.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,436 3,546 4,548
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 20.86% 40.86% 31.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2,019 1,627 2,800
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.50% -1.90% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £70,000 £68,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 31 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley -7 53 £47,500 +11.76% 20
Hampshire -7 46 £29,500 -37.89% 6
Berkshire +31 31 £47,500 -7.32% 11
Kent -16 15 £30,000 - 8
Buckinghamshire -24 12 £67,500 +92.86% 5
Oxfordshire -25 10 £32,500 -1.89% 4
Surrey -42 10 £49,500 +10.00% 6
East Sussex -10 5 £40,000 -32.20% 2
Middlesex +36 2 £65,000 - 3
West Sussex -20 1 £31,000 -38.00% 1
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 27 (20.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (13.43%) SharePoint
3 10 (7.46%) Apache
3 10 (7.46%) nginx
4 5 (3.73%) WordPress
5 1 (0.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 48 (35.82%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.49%) PTC Creo
2 2 (1.49%) Windchill
3 1 (0.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (5.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.49%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 76 (56.72%) Microsoft 365
2 63 (47.01%) Azure
3 27 (20.15%) Entra ID
4 16 (11.94%) AWS
5 9 (6.72%) Azure Functions
5 9 (6.72%) Azure Monitor
5 9 (6.72%) Serverless
6 8 (5.97%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (5.97%) IaaS
6 8 (5.97%) SaaS
7 7 (5.22%) Google Workspace
8 5 (3.73%) GitHub
9 4 (2.99%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (2.99%) Mimecast
9 4 (2.99%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.49%) GCP
10 2 (1.49%) PaaS
10 2 (1.49%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.75%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 39 (29.10%) Firewall
2 31 (23.13%) DNS
3 23 (17.16%) DHCP
4 21 (15.67%) LAN
5 20 (14.93%) WAN
6 18 (13.43%) VPN
7 17 (12.69%) VLAN
8 12 (8.96%) VoIP
9 11 (8.21%) TCP/IP
10 10 (7.46%) SSL
11 7 (5.22%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (3.73%) Internet
12 5 (3.73%) Wireless
12 5 (3.73%) WLAN
13 4 (2.99%) Asterisk PBX
13 4 (2.99%) LTE
13 4 (2.99%) VSAT
14 1 (0.75%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.96%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.72%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.49%) Power BI
4 1 (0.75%) Metadata
4 1 (0.75%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 14 (10.45%) Git
2 4 (2.99%) JIRA
General
1 96 (71.64%) Social Skills
2 14 (10.45%) Finance
3 13 (9.70%) Retail
4 10 (7.46%) Manufacturing
5 9 (6.72%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (5.22%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (5.22%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.73%) French Language
7 5 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (3.73%) Multimedia
8 4 (2.99%) Electronics
8 4 (2.99%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.49%) Swedish Language
10 1 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.75%) Law
Job Titles
1 40 (29.85%) IT Support
2 31 (23.13%) Analyst
3 22 (16.42%) Support Analyst
3 22 (16.42%) Support Technician
4 21 (15.67%) 1st Line Support
4 21 (15.67%) 1st Line Support Technician
5 17 (12.69%) IT Analyst
5 17 (12.69%) IT Support Analyst
6 16 (11.94%) IT Engineer
7 15 (11.19%) IT Support Engineer
7 15 (11.19%) Support Engineer
8 14 (10.45%) Senior
9 12 (8.96%) Operations Manager
10 10 (7.46%) NOC Manager
11 9 (6.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (5.97%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
12 8 (5.97%) 2nd Line Support
12 8 (5.97%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
12 8 (5.97%) Developer
12 8 (5.97%) Senior IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.46%) .NET
2 7 (5.22%) Web Services
3 5 (3.73%) CSS
3 5 (3.73%) HTML
4 1 (0.75%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.75%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.75%) React
Miscellaneous
1 23 (17.16%) Driving Licence
2 7 (5.22%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.49%) Industry 4.0
4 2 (1.49%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.49%) PKI
4 2 (1.49%) Replication
4 2 (1.49%) SCADA
4 2 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.75%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.75%) N-Tier
5 1 (0.75%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 46 (34.33%) Windows
2 33 (24.63%) Windows Server
3 14 (10.45%) Linux
4 10 (7.46%) Windows 10
5 8 (5.97%) Mac OS
6 5 (3.73%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.49%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.75%) Android
8 1 (0.75%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (36.57%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (25.37%) Customer Service
3 30 (22.39%) Continuous Improvement
3 30 (22.39%) Mentoring
4 25 (18.66%) Disaster Recovery
5 20 (14.93%) Computer Science
5 20 (14.93%) High Availability
6 19 (14.18%) ITIL
7 18 (13.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 14 (10.45%) ITSM
8 14 (10.45%) Project Delivery
9 11 (8.21%) ERP
9 11 (8.21%) Kalman Filter
10 10 (7.46%) Cloud Security
10 10 (7.46%) Software Engineering
10 10 (7.46%) Systems Engineering
11 9 (6.72%) API Management
11 9 (6.72%) CI/CD
11 9 (6.72%) Cybersecurity
12 8 (5.97%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 15 (11.19%) SQL
2 14 (10.45%) PowerShell
3 13 (9.70%) Python
4 11 (8.21%) Ruby
5 10 (7.46%) C#
6 6 (4.48%) JavaScript
7 5 (3.73%) R
8 4 (2.99%) Bash
8 4 (2.99%) Perl
9 2 (1.49%) Java
10 1 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 72 (53.73%) Degree
2 34 (25.37%) A+ Certification
3 31 (23.13%) Azure Certification
4 13 (9.70%) MCSE
5 12 (8.96%) AWS Certification
5 12 (8.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 11 (8.21%) HNC
6 11 (8.21%) Security Cleared
7 10 (7.46%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 10 (7.46%) SC Cleared
8 9 (6.72%) Network+ Certification
9 8 (5.97%) DBS Check
10 7 (5.22%) CompTIA Security+
11 6 (4.48%) CCNA
11 6 (4.48%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (3.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 4 (2.99%) HND
13 4 (2.99%) MCSA
14 3 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
15 2 (1.49%) MCAD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (13.43%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (5.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 8 (5.97%) GDPR
3 7 (5.22%) QA
4 3 (2.24%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.24%) NCSC
5 2 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.75%) NIST
System Software
1 35 (26.12%) Active Directory
2 29 (21.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (15.67%) Hyper-V
4 10 (7.46%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (3.73%) Squid
5 5 (3.73%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (3.73%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 25 (18.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (5.22%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (3.73%) HAProxy
4 2 (1.49%) SCCM
4 2 (1.49%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 1 (0.75%) Autotask
5 1 (0.75%) WSUS
Vendors
1 132 (98.51%) Microsoft
2 34 (25.37%) VMware
3 20 (14.93%) Veeam
4 13 (9.70%) Cisco
5 9 (6.72%) Oracle
6 8 (5.97%) Apple
6 8 (5.97%) ServiceNow
6 8 (5.97%) SonicWALL
7 7 (5.22%) Datto
7 7 (5.22%) Google
7 7 (5.22%) HubSpot
8 5 (3.73%) Citrix
9 4 (2.99%) Acronis
9 4 (2.99%) N-able
10 3 (2.24%) Dell
11 2 (1.49%) CA Agile Central
11 2 (1.49%) PTC
11 2 (1.49%) Symantec
12 1 (0.75%) ConnectWise
12 1 (0.75%) Juniper